Ernest Withers
(1922-2007)
American photographer
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Ernest C. Withers (August 7, 1922 – October 15, 2007) was an African-American photojournalist. He documented over 60 years of African American history in the segregated South, with iconic images of the Montgomery bus boycott, Emmett Till, Memphis sanitation strike, Negro league baseball, and musicians including those related to Memphis blues and Memphis soul. In 2010, it was revealed that Withers was a paid informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigations' COINTELPRO program.
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7 August 1922 Memphis, Tennessee
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15 October 2007 (aged 85) Memphis, Tennessee
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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